Christopher Columbus
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christopher-columbus-183-13680573
title:
Christopher Columbus
text:
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America. The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Growing up on the coast of Li
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description:
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
date created:
2001-05-09T21:04:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:32:41Z
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